Clara Elsene Peck illustration for "Shake-speare's Sweetheart" (1905): beautifully framed antique Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Edward Penfield was perhaps a

Edward Penfield was perhaps a more important pioneer since he held the post of Art Director at Harper & Brothers Publishers during the 1890s

and the Lady of the Fountain

but "I had to be where the world was moving

The cover page would have been run across each of these four inked plates

She later credited Pyle with sweeping away "the cobwebs and confusions that so beset the path of the art-student

Clara Elsene Peck illustration for "Shake-speare's Sweetheart" (1905): beautifully framed antique Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Edward Penfield was perhaps a"A willow grows aslant the brook" Book by Sara Hawks Sterling Illustrations by Clara Elsene Peck Philadelphia. George W. Jacobs & Co. 1905. IMAGE INFORMATION Image Size: H 8. 75 x W 6. 25 Matted & Framed: H 16. 75 x W 14. 25 Framed Price: $175. 00 Whiteglove packaging and shipping approximately $28. 00 Given the magnitude of her talent, it is surprising CEP did not achieve greater success. The reason for this may be that, by starting her career with